Pronti Named ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year; 18 Blue Devils Earn All-ACC Academic Team Accolades

DURHAM, N.C. – A standout on the lacrosse area and within the classroom, Duke ladies’s lacrosse redshirt junior Eva Pronti was dubbed the 2026 ACC Women’s Lacrosse Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year to headline the All-ACC Academic Team introduced Thursday afternoon. Overall, 18 Blue Devils have been acknowledged for his or her educational and athletic accomplishments throughout the 2026 season.

Pronti, who shares the glory with Stanford’s Aliya Polisky, turns into simply the second Duke ladies’s lacrosse participant all-time and the primary since Carolyn Davis in 2008 to earn ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year recognition.

In addition to Pronti, Caitlin Barrett, Madison Beale, Ava Biancardi, Avery Doran, Lena Doreen, Caroline Doyle, Bella Goodwin, Cat LeTendre, Maddie MacDonald, Mabel Overbeck, Amanda Paci, Hope Schoudel, Sydney Smith, Sadie Stafford, Quinn Whitaker, Ellie White and Reese Woodworth additionally garnered the tutorial recognition.

A current graduate with a bachelor’s diploma in political science (focus in political financial system) and a certificates in markets and administration research, Pronti has racked up an array of athletic and educational honors this spring and was most just lately named an Academic All-District honoree by College Sports Communicators (CSC). The Rochester, New York, standout has additionally garnered Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Third Team All-America, Inside Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention, IWLCA All-South Region First Team, All-ACC First Team and Nike Lacrosse Midseason Media Third Team All-America honors. A 3-time Dean’s List with distinction honoree, Pronti graduated with a cumulative 3.95 grade level common and has earned All-ACC Academic accolades yearly of her Duke profession.

On the sphere, the Pronti netted 19 objectives and a team-best 51 assists to tempo the squad with a complete of 70 factors. Her 51 helpers throughout the yr broke her personal Duke single-season mark she had beforehand set in 2025, whereas rating second within the ACC and thirteenth within the NCAA. Pronti produced 12 multi-assist video games on the yr, together with 9 contests with three or extra helpers. On the scoring entrance, she posted six multi-goal outings, headlined by her first profession hat trick towards Boston College.

During her profession as a Blue Devil, Pronti has dished 109 assists – third all-time in program lore – and scored 36 objectives for 145 profession factors. She is simply the third Duke participant in program historical past to succeed in 100 profession dimes and sits seven assists away from No. 2 all-time on this system charts. Pronti returns to Duke in 2026-27 for her last season of lacrosse, whereas additionally pursuing her grasp’s diploma in utilized ethics and coverage.

The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year award was established in September 2007 to be awarded yearly to the highest junior or senior student-athlete of their respective sports activities. To earn All-ACC Academic Team accolades, a student-athlete should be an undergraduate who has been enrolled at their present establishment for not less than one educational yr, earned a cumulative GPA of three.00, together with a 3.00 GPA in the latest two semesters, and competed in not less than 50 p.c of the staff’s contests.

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